Bugiri climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bugiri?

Bugiri has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 1,981 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bugiri?

The hottest day measured in Bugiri between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 2015, reaching 34.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bugiri?

The coldest day measured in Bugiri between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1947, at 12.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bugiri?

Almost never: Bugiri sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Bugiri warmed?

Yes: Bugiri warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bugiri?

The wettest day measured in Bugiri between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1996, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bugiri?

The windiest day measured in Bugiri between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1946, with winds reaching 23.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bugiri?

The warmest month in Bugiri is February (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bugiri?

Bugiri receives on average 1,981 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 273 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bugiri?

Bugiri gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bugiri (Uganda) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 1,981 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is February (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Bugiri averages 0 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 273 rainy days per year.

Bugiri has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 9 March 2015) and the coldest 12.5 °C (on 26 July 1947).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BugiriEastern Region

coords: 0.57°, 33.74°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.8°C

Average daily high

26.6°C

Average daily low

18.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,981mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

11.0km/h

Seasonal range

1.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

13 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

273 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.6 °C

Average feels-like low

20.0 °C

Average peak gust

26.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

22 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

34.9 °C

9 March 2015

Coldest day

12.5 °C

26 July 1947

Wettest day

158 mm

28 November 1996

Windiest day

23.7 km/h

26 February 1946

Strongest gust

48.6 km/h

8 February 2015

Hottest feels-like

38.2 °C

25 January 1998

Coldest feels-like

11.5 °C

26 July 1947

Sunniest day

12.0 h

29 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.8 °C27 February 2025	16.8 °C17 August 2025	23.3 °C	1,234 mm	56
2024	31.3 °C16 September 2024	17.6 °C29 December 2024	23.4 °C	1,762 mm	23
2023	33.7 °C20 February 2023	16.0 °C6 January 2023	23.2 °C	2,061 mm	39
2022	32.3 °C13 January 2022	15.4 °C3 August 2022	22.9 °C	1,590 mm	29
2021	31.6 °C13 March 2021	14.6 °C23 July 2021	22.7 °C	1,375 mm	9
2020	30.5 °C17 February 2020	16.3 °C27 July 2020	22.6 °C	2,011 mm	7
2019	33.9 °C24 March 2019	16.0 °C20 December 2019	22.8 °C	1,910 mm	41
2018	34.9 °C16 February 2018	15.3 °C7 July 2018	22.7 °C	1,793 mm	26
2017	34.3 °C17 January 2017	17.3 °C10 July 2017	23.3 °C	1,287 mm	62
2016	33.0 °C26 December 2016	15.4 °C29 January 2016	23.2 °C	1,193 mm	44
2015	34.9 °C9 March 2015	16.5 °C19 January 2015	22.9 °C	1,853 mm	60
2014	33.2 °C23 February 2014	15.9 °C12 February 2014	22.6 °C	1,559 mm	30
2013	31.8 °C25 February 2013	14.7 °C16 July 2013	22.3 °C	1,501 mm	21
2012	33.8 °C15 February 2012	14.9 °C2 January 2012	22.4 °C	1,737 mm	39
2011	33.1 °C26 February 2011	15.5 °C27 January 2011	22.4 °C	1,832 mm	28
2010	32.3 °C3 February 2010	16.4 °C16 January 2010	22.6 °C	1,717 mm	23
2009	31.7 °C28 March 2009	15.5 °C11 January 2009	22.6 °C	1,608 mm	28
2008	30.8 °C25 February 2008	15.8 °C17 July 2008	22.1 °C	1,660 mm	9
2007	31.3 °C20 February 2007	15.1 °C21 June 2007	22.3 °C	1,627 mm	10
2006	34.3 °C10 February 2006	16.0 °C5 September 2006	22.5 °C	2,000 mm	38
2005	34.4 °C25 February 2005	14.2 °C14 July 2005	22.8 °C	1,330 mm	52
2004	33.5 °C13 February 2004	15.1 °C4 July 2004	22.6 °C	1,485 mm	22
2003	32.8 °C6 March 2003	16.0 °C22 February 2003	22.4 °C	1,370 mm	28
2002	31.2 °C5 February 2002	15.9 °C9 August 2002	22.4 °C	1,726 mm	15
2001	31.6 °C3 March 2001	15.9 °C3 August 2001	22.0 °C	1,527 mm	8
2000	30.8 °C20 February 2000	14.8 °C27 January 2000	22.1 °C	1,432 mm	15
1999	33.2 °C9 February 1999	15.3 °C17 July 1999	22.0 °C	1,751 mm	26
1998	31.6 °C13 March 1998	16.2 °C7 September 1998	22.6 °C	1,626 mm	13
1997	32.2 °C7 March 1997	16.1 °C20 January 1997	22.5 °C	2,261 mm	21
1996	30.3 °C5 March 1996	15.9 °C30 January 1996	22.1 °C	1,984 mm	1
1995	30.4 °C15 March 1995	15.7 °C18 January 1995	22.4 °C	1,897 mm	4
1994	30.6 °C21 January 1994	15.8 °C3 August 1994	22.1 °C	2,170 mm	11
1993	30.0 °C10 April 1993	15.3 °C21 January 1993	22.1 °C	1,727 mm	1
1992	31.5 °C13 March 1992	15.5 °C1 September 1992	21.9 °C	1,819 mm	10
1991	30.9 °C21 February 1991	15.9 °C25 July 1991	21.9 °C	2,175 mm	8
1990	30.0 °C10 February 1990	15.6 °C30 July 1990	22.0 °C	2,097 mm	1
1989	31.4 °C1 March 1989	14.8 °C22 June 1989	21.7 °C	2,114 mm	7
1988	31.8 °C2 March 1988	14.6 °C5 December 1988	22.0 °C	1,898 mm	6
1987	31.6 °C30 December 1987	15.6 °C2 February 1987	22.3 °C	1,854 mm	7
1986	29.6 °C30 December 1986	14.7 °C5 August 1986	21.6 °C	2,450 mm	0
1985	33.3 °C16 March 1985	14.9 °C9 July 1985	21.5 °C	2,216 mm	8
1984	31.1 °C21 February 1984	14.3 °C20 January 1984	21.5 °C	1,909 mm	4
1983	31.9 °C14 February 1983	15.1 °C29 December 1983	22.0 °C	1,964 mm	10
1982	31.3 °C26 March 1982	15.1 °C2 July 1982	21.7 °C	2,119 mm	3
1981	31.4 °C1 March 1981	15.0 °C10 September 1981	21.7 °C	1,779 mm	7
1980	31.4 °C18 March 1980	14.8 °C24 July 1980	21.7 °C	1,848 mm	11
1979	30.5 °C5 March 1979	15.4 °C23 July 1979	21.7 °C	2,327 mm	5
1978	32.5 °C7 February 1978	13.5 °C5 February 1978	21.5 °C	2,356 mm	8
1977	30.1 °C16 March 1977	13.6 °C15 August 1977	21.6 °C	2,220 mm	2
1976	30.7 °C16 March 1976	14.3 °C25 July 1976	21.3 °C	2,416 mm	3
1975	30.8 °C19 February 1975	15.2 °C28 January 1975	21.2 °C	2,543 mm	4
1974	31.9 °C16 March 1974	15.3 °C20 July 1974	21.2 °C	2,355 mm	6
1973	30.7 °C6 February 1973	14.9 °C5 July 1973	21.6 °C	2,214 mm	9
1972	29.6 °C31 March 1972	15.6 °C2 January 1972	21.2 °C	2,876 mm	0
1971	31.0 °C7 March 1971	14.2 °C30 January 1971	21.0 °C	2,271 mm	4
1970	30.5 °C8 February 1970	14.9 °C25 July 1970	21.3 °C	2,265 mm	1
1969	30.1 °C2 October 1969	14.6 °C17 July 1969	21.5 °C	1,805 mm	1
1968	30.3 °C3 September 1968	14.1 °C14 January 1968	21.1 °C	2,566 mm	1
1967	30.4 °C10 March 1967	14.5 °C11 December 1967	21.2 °C	2,401 mm	2
1966	30.0 °C4 August 1966	14.2 °C22 December 1966	21.6 °C	2,196 mm	1
1965	30.4 °C14 February 1965	14.6 °C5 January 1965	21.5 °C	2,330 mm	2
1964	29.7 °C31 January 1964	14.6 °C31 August 1964	21.2 °C	2,568 mm	0
1963	29.7 °C24 March 1963	13.7 °C8 August 1963	20.9 °C	2,663 mm	0
1962	29.2 °C4 February 1962	15.6 °C24 June 1962	20.6 °C	2,636 mm	0
1961	32.1 °C21 January 1961	15.2 °C8 September 1961	21.6 °C	2,937 mm	13
1960	30.3 °C12 December 1960	14.8 °C26 July 1960	21.7 °C	2,552 mm	6
1959	31.2 °C17 March 1959	14.9 °C15 July 1959	21.8 °C	2,509 mm	10
1958	31.3 °C3 March 1958	14.4 °C28 June 1958	21.7 °C	2,209 mm	11
1957	30.0 °C14 September 1957	13.4 °C6 February 1957	21.7 °C	2,632 mm	1
1956	28.5 °C2 March 1956	15.1 °C30 July 1956	20.6 °C	2,063 mm	0
1955	28.0 °C18 March 1955	15.2 °C29 July 1955	20.7 °C	2,227 mm	0
1954	28.2 °C24 November 1954	13.0 °C3 July 1954	20.8 °C	1,681 mm	0
1953	28.4 °C30 September 1953	13.3 °C13 August 1953	20.6 °C	3,481 mm	0
1952	28.5 °C23 January 1952	15.3 °C21 July 1952	20.9 °C	2,361 mm	0
1951	27.9 °C1 March 1951	14.1 °C4 July 1951	20.8 °C	2,679 mm	0
1950	29.4 °C1 March 1950	13.9 °C19 July 1950	20.6 °C	2,127 mm	0
1949	28.7 °C23 March 1949	12.8 °C1 August 1949	20.9 °C	1,901 mm	0
1948	27.9 °C23 March 1948	15.1 °C17 July 1948	21.0 °C	2,118 mm	0
1947	28.8 °C1 November 1947	12.5 °C26 July 1947	21.0 °C	2,131 mm	0
1946	34.0 °C24 February 1946	15.2 °C7 August 1946	21.5 °C	1,492 mm	45
1945	29.7 °C23 February 1945	14.6 °C9 June 1945	21.1 °C	1,330 mm	0
1944	31.9 °C3 March 1944	13.5 °C6 July 1944	21.6 °C	1,407 mm	13
1943	32.9 °C15 January 1943	12.7 °C27 July 1943	21.7 °C	999 mm	35
1942	31.6 °C8 February 1942	14.6 °C28 July 1942	21.3 °C	1,221 mm	15
1941	30.8 °C7 February 1941	15.5 °C10 December 1941	21.3 °C	1,423 mm	10
1940	28.0 °C20 January 1940	14.3 °C29 June 1940	20.5 °C	1,999 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.2 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

56 d/yr

+43

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1234 mm

-747 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.0 °C	+0.7 °C	53 mm	-71 mm
Feb	30.5 °C	+2.7 °C	19 mm	-111 mm
Mar	29.2 °C	+1.8 °C	176 mm	-33 mm
Apr	27.3 °C	+1.0 °C	248 mm	-5 mm
May	27.2 °C	+1.2 °C	152 mm	-83 mm
Jun	27.0 °C	+0.9 °C	39 mm	-81 mm
Jul	27.0 °C	+1.0 °C	72 mm	-10 mm
Aug	27.3 °C	+0.8 °C	106 mm	+4 mm
Sep	29.2 °C	+2.4 °C	76 mm	-71 mm
Oct	28.1 °C	+1.5 °C	133 mm	-54 mm
Nov	28.6 °C	+2.5 °C	44 mm	-178 mm
Dec	28.7 °C	+2.1 °C	118 mm	-53 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.8 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

16.8 °C

17 Aug 2025

Wettest day

62.3 mm

20 Apr 2025

Windiest day

21.1 km/h

3 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

41.0 km/h

3 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.5 °C

14 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.8 °C

27 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bugiri?

Bugiri has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 1,981 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bugiri?

The hottest day measured in Bugiri between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 2015, reaching 34.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bugiri?

The coldest day measured in Bugiri between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1947, at 12.5 °C.

Does it snow in Bugiri?

Almost never: Bugiri sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Bugiri warmed?

Yes: Bugiri warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bugiri?

The wettest day measured in Bugiri between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1996, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bugiri?

The windiest day measured in Bugiri between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1946, with winds reaching 23.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bugiri?

The warmest month in Bugiri is February (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Bugiri?

Bugiri receives on average 1,981 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 273 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bugiri?

Bugiri gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bugiri?

Yes: Bugiri has on average 22 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bugiri?

In Bugiri, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 25 January 1998, and the lowest was 11.5 °C on 26 July 1947.

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